Like the organization just fine. New names (rather than "subfolders") like Calling the Film/TV /Literature/Closed threads area "Culture" and the other "Community" or "This" and "That" or whatever clever nomenclature we come up with would make what goes where easier to suss out.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Scrappy - Aug 20, 2005 6:18:33 am PDT #274 of 4671
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2005 6:23:37 am PDT #275 of 4671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I'm not explaining myself right. The descriptions in the red bars? Not so hard-coded. Look at Film and TV now.
The community section is currently the front page. The front page has no name. The Film/TV/Literature/Closed threads area isn't Culture now, and there's no structural reason it would always be Culture in the future.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2005 6:24:19 am PDT #276 of 4671
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The wording doesn't bother me the way it is, but for the sake of consistency I do think both titles should either contain the word "threads" or not.
Or maybe instead of "Subfolders," the red bar could say "Foldered Threads." Just to be blazingly obvious about it.
Volans - Aug 20, 2005 6:24:29 am PDT #277 of 4671
move out and draw fire
The user interface is dynamically generated. So you need to change either (well, both) the database structure and the logic that parses it.
Yeah, I figured.
How about "Threads," "Other Threads," "Still More Threads," and "Bojangler?"
DCJensen - Aug 20, 2005 6:26:55 am PDT #278 of 4671
All is well that ends in pizza.
DCJ, you really think the word threads would fix that?
It would help, unless adding one more word to the name causes great pain and suffering.
At least while the whole thing is in flux.
From an outside perspective, Film and TV could mean anything, and being separated from the main discussion area by "subfolders" and with the closed threads even more so.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2005 6:27:54 am PDT #279 of 4671
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
(Oh, but then the wording on the Film/TV page gets messed up, and the way that page looks is awesome.)
I'm so conflicted.
DCJensen - Aug 20, 2005 6:28:27 am PDT #280 of 4671
All is well that ends in pizza.
Or call it
Film And TV Discussion Areas
Something to indicate the reason for the linkin.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2005 6:35:21 am PDT #281 of 4671
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, looking at it again, it sort of looks like the things in the subfolder aren't "Discussion Threads."
Sean K - Aug 20, 2005 6:36:04 am PDT #282 of 4671
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Moved to actual right thread should be suggested in.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2005 6:36:10 am PDT #283 of 4671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I changed it to your language, DCJ. Do you see how it's going to require coding changes to make the page itself make sense?